Exercising

[Raven]

protein in powder form
you can make pancakes too if ya want

this is what i use to rebuild muscle tissue

and/or ..... ya get to have shakes...

Because
when you exercise you stretch -tear -damage ....muscle tissue

to rebuild it back to more than what you had originally
is the big secret... that's where the whey comes in

the more muscle tissue you have the more calories you burn
even at rest....

that is the cardinal rule....

[johnny ducketts]

I agree with the above, I have been pushing my self to the limit doing Insanity, and i'm on my second month. I usually have a shake afterward. I'm down probably 16-18 lbs since starting this, and plan to start p90x next. I do think that the Whey protein helps with recovery from the soreness factor.

[FishermanTim]

One thing I started this year is called "Letterboxing".
If you have young children, it could be the spark to get them (and yourself) outside much more often!

It's a toned down version of Geocaching, and I didn't think it was as widespread as it is.
What you will need to start (beyond a sense of adventure):
A small note pad, pen, ink stamp and inl pad.
(check out AtlasQuest.com or Letterboxing.com for more info)

What you do is log on to either website and select a region you want to visit. You can specify the range of your search from just the city/town to 5, 10, 25, 50 miles or more around that city/town.
The resulting list will give you all letterboxes hidden within you search area, and shows icons describing the length of the search (how far you might walk once you begin their directions/clues.
The clues they provide are generally easy to follow and pretty specific.
(Like "look for a cluster of birch trees with a large rock behind them.")
The "planter" who hid the letterbox will provide adequate clues to find their box, and will tell you what the box contains.
Their box is a water-tight tupperware container, average size has been 4" x 6".
Most "boxes" contain a ink stamp, note pad, maybe a pen and maybe an inkpad. This is why you need to bring your own gear, in case the box doesn't have a notepad, pen or inkpad.

What you do is you stamp their stamp in your notepad with their inkpad (if included in box), marking the date and name of the letterbox (from website). If they have included a notepad in their box, you then stamp your stamp in their book along with the date and you name (trail name as described on website).
When finished, you replace the box where you found it, hiding it as well as it was before, and continue.

There are some REALLY adventurous "planters" that have hidden multiple boxes as part of a series.
One, for instance, is a series hidden in Foxborough behind the Basspro shop, along the cranberry bog hiking path. Another series, also in Foxborough, consists of 20 individual boxes hidden along a popular hiking trail.

If you ever need a reason to get out with the kids, this could be it!!!